I just built a new computer and I’ve setup a dual-boot, both with Windows 11 Pro. One install is for normal computing, work, web surfing, whatever; basically anything I’m using my computer for that isn’t gaming. The other is my gaming install and I will only install the bare minimum of apps and only things I need for gaming. I plan to keep that instance extremely lean, clean and organized. I pulled a spare 2 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus out of my old computer and am going to use it as a bulk storage drive. I plan to move my user data folders there. My question is, can I have the user data folders from both Windows 11 installations point to the same location on this drive and share them between both installs? It would just be much cleaner if I could keep everything in one location, rather than having two documents folders, two pictures folders, two video folders, etc.

I should mention that I’m obviously not talking about AppData or any other more important system like directory. I speaking mainly of Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Videos.

Thanks.

​I just built a new computer and I’ve setup a dual-boot, both with Windows 11 Pro. One install is for normal computing, work, web surfing, whatever; basically anything I’m using my computer for that isn’t gaming. The other is my gaming install and I will only install the bare minimum of apps and only things I need for gaming. I plan to keep that instance extremely lean, clean and organized. I pulled a spare 2 TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus out of my old computer and am going to use it as a bulk storage drive. I plan to move my user data folders there. My question is, can I have the user data folders from both Windows 11 installations point to the same location on this drive and share them between both installs? It would just be much cleaner if I could keep everything in one location, rather than having two documents folders, two pictures folders, two video folders, etc. I should mention that I’m obviously not talking about AppData or any other more important system like directory. I speaking mainly of Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Saved Games, Videos. Thanks.  Read More

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